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Norway nationaldagen

Annemari Ruthven — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:12 +0000

The 17th of May is Norway’s constitution day that they celebrate with the children parading through the streets with flags and marching bands and their colourful traditional costumes (bunader).

Here’s just a few photos of the parade in Gjøvik this morning.

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Oslo engagement, Ningsih & Denny

Annemari Ruthven — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:48:26 +0000

I met Ningsih and Denny at Aker Brygge, the waterfront area in Oslo for a few engagement photos. They will be getting married in Indonesia, where they grew up, in July.

We walked around the harbour for a while and then found our way to Akershus Festning (the Akershus fortress). I would really like to go back and take some more time to walk around and learn more about the history.

We ended the shoot in Vigelandsparken. It really was the perfect Spring day and the city was buzzing with everyone was enjoying the sunshine and having picnics in the park. Really such a good way to spend the day with two such lovely people :)

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Somerset West, Lauren & Sean

Annemari Ruthven — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:08 +0000

Today is Lauren & Sean’s one month anniversary so I thought it will be the perfect time to post a few of their wedding photos :)

They came from Joburg to get married at the very modern Waterkloof wine estate in Somerset West. The wedding was absolutely stunningly decorated – a very stylish affair indeed. They had hundreds (maybe thousands? I don’t know – a lot!) of yellow, white and grey origami swans made. The swans were used as a very striking backdrop during the ceremony. Strings-and-strings of them where also hung from the mezzanine floor over the dinner tables along with fairy lights and paper lanterns.

In Cape Town we often have to deal with pretty ridiculously strong winds, but I have never experienced anything like we had on that day. The wind was strong enough to wipe you of your feet quite literally.

Here’s a few photos. Thank you again Lauren & Sean!

Makeup artist & hair: Liz Kaplan
Wedding dress: Olga at The Wedding Box
Florist:Fleur Le Cordeur
Officiant: Peter Fox
Cake: Wade’s Cakes
Caterer: Waterkloof Wine Estate
DJ: DJ Preston, David Bruwer
Band: Charles Summerfield, charliesurj@gmail.com (awesome band!)

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Back home

Annemari Ruthven — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:00:08 +0000

This is just a round-up post of random photos from my time in George, last month.
One of my favorite (I’d say second to baked cheesecake) desserts is a melktert, or milk tart in English. This is a true South African dessert with a nice flaky pastry crust and a sweet creamy filling, almost like a custard, with cinnamon sprinkled on top. Seriously one of the best things to eat. And my mom makes a killer melktert! She made one for my sister visiting from Cape Town while I was visiting them in George. I think between the 3 of us, we ate the whole thing in one go ;) Murphy says “look into my deep, dark brown eyes and I dare you to not fall in love”. My mom hates it when I take photos of her. When she sees camera pointed into her direction she will pull a face and spoil the whole moment on purpose. I don’t know what her problem is, I think it has something to do with getting old and not seeing herself as such. Whatever, I think she’s beautiful. For a good photo of her, you have to sneak up on her while she’s occupied with something else :) This is my nephew, Luka who will be turning 3 soon and will have a little sister just a few weeks after his birthday. Here we are easter egg hunting in the garden.Home made pizza! If there’s one thing about me that you should know it’s that pizza is my favourite thing in the world. Especially if it’s made by my husband :) Then I know it’s going to be goooood.Have you ever had cranberry and brie pizza? It’s almost to good to be true.One Friday night in Cape Town I was stuck in my sister’s apartment up on the 10th floor, with a view over Cape Town and the cloud covered mountain. I didn’t have a car, and whatever was on tv was cringe worthy, so what to do? Play with long exposure photos of course. The light streak up there is a plane coming in to land.

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Melkbosstrand, Janine & Craig

Annemari Ruthven — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:00:14 +0000

Janine and Craig had their Whales blessing this weekend, so I can now finally show you the photos from their wedding! They got married at The Beach Villa in Melkbosstrand in March. The ceremony was right in front of the guest house on the beach and the reception was also held outside under canopies.

True Melkbos style the wind was howling, but it was a beautiful day none the less and it didn’t really seem that Janine and Craig even noticed it. I think they where too caught up in the moment of getting married :) The whole day was just so chill. Janine couldn’t be more relaxed and is very lucky because she has a sister who is a wedding planner. She trusted Sue with everything and the day turned out perfect.

Anyway, here’s a few of my favourites…

Coordinator: Sue Strybis

Makeup & hair stylist: McMaster Hair Design

Wedding dress: Angelica Bridal

Stationary and invites: Groom’s own design

Officiant Alison from www.idoweddings.co.za

Caterer : The Beach Villa

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Spring in Norway

Annemari Ruthven — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:22:42 +0000

I’m back in Norge after 5 weeks in South Africa shooting a few weddings. South Africa was wonderful. It was great to see family and friends again, and to just be on familiar ground.

When it became time to start packing to head back (always such a mission!), I realized I was really looking forward to be back in our little apartment on the hill. I was looking forward to Spring and the promise of Summer. So I was really taken aback when we got here and it was still snowing every day!

I was really happy though that it was noticeably warmer and the days are much, much longer – yay! Sunrise is now at around 6am and it sets at around just before 9pm. In just a few months we will have a full 5 hours of night time :) So although it was snowing, the snow was melting just as fast. I’m not sure what seagulls are doing in Gjøvik. We’re almost 250km from the sea.
In just a week almost all the snow has melted. And the first sign of new life! Spring is definitively here!A soft, pink sunset.

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George wedding, Pauline & Etienne

Annemari Ruthven — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:50:45 +0000

Pauline and Etienne said “yes” to each other on a rainy Saturday afternoon in George in the Garden Route. They got married in the Presbyterian church in Caledon street which has very special meaning to Pauline. They both got dressed at a guest house right across the street from the church, making very happy because I didn’t have to rush from one location the next!

They had a local venue booked for the wedding (where I have done a few weddings before), but due to the venue’s very unprofessional conduct they decided to rather cut their losses and find something else – one month before the wedding! Luckily they found something else and the reception was held in the John Steyn hall between the farms of the George area with the beautiful Outeniqua mountains in view.

I really felt so privilege to document Pauline and Etienne’s wedding. They are such a sweet couple and you can just see their love in the way they look at each other. Also, Pauline is so exquisitely beautiful. I couldn’t help myself I took so many photos of her. I just loved everything I saw though my viewfinder on the day.

Coordinator: Bride’s sister, Dalena
Makeup & hair: Beatrice, Fusionz Hair + Beauty Gallery, 044 871 4339
Wedding: Vera Wang
Groom’s suit: Woolworths
Florist: Chenean, www.flowers4u.co.za
Stationary and invites: Bride
Officiant: Rev Rod Adamson, 044 874 3105
Cake: Ria, 072 202 1182 en Marietha, 071 885 1174
Caterer: TopTwo Catering, Sue, laferna@lantic.co.za
Car hire: Graeme, 083 626 7881
DJ: Jacques, 084 902 4488
Photo booth: Retro Photo Booth

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Simon’s Town, Wanda & Steven

Annemari Ruthven — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:50:11 +0000

We really almost blew away at Wanda & Steven’s wedding in Simon’s Town! They got married the beautiful St Simon & St Jude’s Church in town and the reception was held at Blue Horizon Estate with the most spectacular view over Simon’s Town and the ocean. The sunset was incredible.

Decor: Unlimited Promotions
Florist: Boberg Flowers
Make-up Artist & Bridal Hair: Helga Strydom
Bridal party hair: Chantelle Thackwray
Harpist: Rosanne Goosen 083 479 9722
Violinist: Kathleen du Plessis 074 154 8689
Jazz band: John Russel

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Horsing around, family photos

Annemari Ruthven — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:00:55 +0000

It’s such a beautiful day here in George and I just wanted to share with you these photos of an awesome family and I got to photograph.

I love this session so much, because I absolutely adore horses:) I met the Barnard family at a farm across the road from their farm, just outside George. And we took some photos with the ponies who were just to happy to follow us around seeing we had a bag of treats with us.

This beautiful Frisian wanted nothing to do with the photos. The sheep running behind him is his best friend, and they go everywhere together It was quite a sight.

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2012 Favourite magic moments

Annemari Ruthven — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:32:33 +0000

In Afrikaans we have this proverb that goes “agteros kom ook in die kraal” and it explains this post perfectly. Basically it means that even the slowest person gets to where he has to be or does what he has to do. Yes, 2013 is already 2.5 months in, but I don’t care ;) I wanted to do a round-up of my 2012 weddings and here it is.

I chose these photos for the simple fact that I really liked them. Hope you enjoy them too.

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